Casa Grande man applies for loan, discovers he’s dead
William Clarke and son By Jim Headley |PinalCentral Just when you think life is hard enough, imagine if a someone informs you that you’re actually dead. It recently happened to a Casa Grande man. William Edward Clarke II, 37, moved his family to Casa Grande from Florida in June. The family only has one vehicle, […]
Read More →Sunday Feature: Impeachment from an Arizona perspective
Two months of impeachment investigation, including weeks of televised testimony, does not appear to have shifted opinions of voters or lawmakers. But experts say that may change in the next round./Photo by Susan Melkisethian/Creative Commons and Megan U. Boyanton/Cronkite News By Wissam Melhem | Cronkite News Two months of investigation and two weeks of televised […]
Read More →[Sunday Feature] Stop trying to raise successful kids
NA KIM And start raising kind ones By Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant | The Atlantic As anyone who has been called out for hypocrisy by a small child knows, kids are exquisitely attuned to gaps between what grown-ups say and what grown-ups do. If you survey American parents about what they want for […]
Read More →Are we thinking about work-life balance the wrong way?
Amy Howe There is no one-size-fits-all answer, says Amy Howe, the president and COO of Ticketmaster North America By Zack Stanton | POLITICO It’s one of the great struggles of modern life: finding a precise, perfect balance between work and life. And, according to Amy Howe, our obsession with finding that elusive equilibrium is part […]
Read More →[OPINION] Pinal County has plenty of water for the next 100 years. We just need to prioritize demand
Opinion: An alarming prediction about Pinal County facing a water shortage is a myth that’s based on outdated assumptions and incomplete data. By Jordan Rose and Tom Galvin, opinion contributors | The Republic Mark Twain once wrote of his difficulty with math by ascribing a quote about the flexible power of numbers to British Prime […]
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[SUNDAY FEATURE] Kicking and sparring bring this family together
Ms. Espinoza step-spars with Donna Eicke at Karstadt Taekwon-Do./ PHOTO: BRANDON SULLIVAN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL An Arizona couple and their children take taekwondo lessons, learning mental discipline and self-defense By Jen Murphy | The Wall Street Journal (Edited for length) Parents typically don’t bond with their teenagers by fighting. But Stephanie Espinoza says […]
Read More →The remarkable and the results from just concluded Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships
Another Year of Event Firsts and Exciting Match-Ups At The World’s Greatest Polo Party – 9th Annual Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships Aspen Valley Polo Club Holds Onto Winning Record, AZ Polo Club Upsets Wales Among the Highlights of the Day (SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) The Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships: Horses & Horsepower, presented by Talking Stick Resort […]
Read More →Suspended Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen pleads not guilty in adoption scheme
Paul Petersen speaks with an attorney at his court appearance Tuesday. He pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an alleged illegal adoption scheme./Tom Tingle/Arizona Republic By Jessica Boehm/Arizona Republic Suspended Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen pleaded not guilty during his first Arizona court appearance Tuesday morning. Petersen faces 32 felony charges in Maricopa County […]
Read More →Who will wear my dead husband’s clothes?
It took me a long time to find a new home for the belongings he left behind By Fernanda Santos | The New York Times Ms. Santos, a former national correspondent for The Times, teaches journalism at Arizona State University. Fernanda and Mike Saucier in their last photo together. /Courtesy of Fernanda Santos My husband […]
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